September’s Heritage Open Days seem to have inspired a lot of heritage stories and comment…
Colne, Barrowford and Nelson area…
Delight over heritage area’s transformation in Nelson
10-year Whitefield regeneration scheme complete
Whitefield celebrates decade of improvements
Northlight Mill opens doors for action-packed weekend
Husband and wife unearth layers of town’s rich coal mining history
Burnley and Padiham area…
Burnley is East Lancashire heritage hotspot
IN PICTURES: Gawthorpe Hall on the way to former glory
Vital work on historic hall is money well spent
100 homes plan for Weavers’ Triangle
Grant will help boost Thompson Park restoration project for 2017 start
Backtracking to the glory days of steam
Some Trafalgar fooaks are now town legends
Burnley man buzzing to be town’s first beekeeping apprentice
Blue plaque honour for Methodist leader
Historic Mill hosts clog dance championships
How a row led to the founding of a new chapel
Local church became a power in non-Conformity
Angry locals burned effigy of churchman over drinks ban
Blackburn and Darwen area…
IN PICTURES: Past just perfect as Blackburn heritage days prove a great hit
Blackburn bucking the trend as a town that is forging ahead to modernise and improve
Darwen high school celebrates a first in heritage hall of fame
Historic Darwen pub could make way for homes after demolition
Artist Bill Brooke painted Darwen back streets and the cobbles
Accrington and Oswaldtwistle area…
Part of historic Oswaldtwistle mill set to be demolished
Exhibition launched in Accrington Market Hall over £2 million town centre regeneration
Past and present of Accrington captured in new photography exhibition
Expanded Hyndburn wind farm should benefit all Hyndburn communities, councillors urge
Clitheroe and Whalley area…
Grade II-listed building in Clitheroe could make way for apartments
Bid to convert one of the oldest spinning mills into a hotel revived
Hotel and spa plan for Chipping: latest
Whalley – a village through the centuries
Free advice on listed building renovation
‘Lost’ Roman road is discovered
Steve steps in as Longridge history chief
Rossendale area…
Walk through our industrial history: Rossendale quarry put on the map
135 missing and damaged graves in cemetery replaced or salvaged
Council bosses in U-turn over £3.5m Rawtenstall bus station proposals
Plans for Rawtenstall’s new bus station criticised by civic campaigners
New consultation on ‘£20m Rawtenstall town centre redevelopment’ set to launch
Intrepid photographers uncover fascinating hidden heritage of Bacup’s forgotten buildings
West Craven area…
Barnoldswick archive creators need your help to fill in the gaps
East Lancashire…
Showcasing our rich heritage a great idea
Pay up – and then we can all celebrate our heritage
£50M TREASURE TROVE: 48,000 items in Lancashire art collections – but only 10% displayed
General and further afield…
Big Roman dig starts in Lancaster
Lancaster’s Roman archaeological dig hailed a success
‘One of the largest stone monuments in Europe’ found a mile from Stonehenge
‘At-risk’ lime kilns heritage site to get £450,000 restoration
Bronze Age ‘sauna’ unearthed on Orkney
Victorian Society lifts the lid on Kitchens
‘Downton effect’ for house owners living near stately homes
Lampreys returning to English rivers after conservation work
Ecologist brought in to monitor Star Wars filming on Skellig Michael
Major funding boost for red-squirrel conservation